Here are the official starting lineups for both Manchester City F.C. and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. for their Premier League Round 23 midweek clash on 24 January 2026. MCFC beat WWFC 2:0 at the Etihad Stadium (official crowd attendance 52.469)
Manchester City F.C. vs Wolves 2:0 starting lineups and substitutes Premier League 2026
Donnarumma
Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, O’Reilly
Rodri
Semenyo, Reijnders (Foden 61), Bernardo Silva, Cherki (Haaland 73)
Marmoush (Doku 73)
Marc Guehi made his Man City debut in this January 2026 clash against Wolves.
Wolves FC playing XI vs MCFC January 2026
Jose Sa
Mosquera, S.Bueno, Krejci
Tchatchoua (R.Gomes 46), Joao Gomes, Andre, Mateus Mane, H.Bueno
Arias (Strand Larsen 46), Hwang (Arokodare 71)
Man City FC vs Wolves FC 2-0 Match Timeline 25/26
1:0 Marmoush goal 6
2:0 Semenyo goal 45+2
Antoine Semenyo scored his first Premier League goal for Man City in this 2:0 January 2026 win over Wolves.
In a rare case, on field referee Farai Hallam overruled VAR in this MCFC v Wolves PL game- he did not listen to the advice of VAR referee Darren England, and chose to stick with his on-field decision even after being sent to the monitor.
Man City had 64% possession in this 2:0 win over Wolves in Jan 2026, although both teams had the same number of total shots (11 each)